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iMac ship times lengthen in Europe

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 4th, 2013)

Ship times for Apple's latest generation iMac slipped to four to six weeks for the 27-inch model and three to four weeks for the 21.5-inch model in some European Apple Stores. As noted by MacGeneration, these changes first appeared in France on Monday. A quick check of other European stores ...

iOS, Android grab 92% of smartphone shipments

by Mike Schramm (Jan 28th, 2013)

The smartphone market is quickly boiling down into a two-party system, so to speak, with both iOS and Android picking up a whopping 92 percent of smartphone shipments over the last quarter of 2012. In 2011, 32 percent of smartphone shipments consisted of other operating systems, like Windows ...

Apple reportedly changing some iPad mini ship dates

by Mike Schramm (Oct 31st, 2012)

Apple has been tweaking some of the reported delivery dates for its new iPad mini products, according to reports from a few people who've preordered the LTE-enabled version of the devices. Originally, Apple was reporting a ship date of November 23 for most of the day-one preorders, but that ...

iPhone 5 worldwide sales sorted by region

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 27th, 2012)

Sameer Singh of TechThoughts did some number crunching to break down iPhone sales based on geographic location. He approximated shipments for sales and looked at the US, UK, Japan and Asia-Pacific in his analysis. Not surprisingly, he found that demand for the iPhone peaks in the launch ...

IDC: Android and iOS accounted for 85 percent of smartphones shipped in Q2 2012

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 8th, 2012)

IDC's Q2 2012 numbers are out and the figures are encouraging, but not spectacular for Apple. According to IDC, Apple shipped 26 million handsets and grabbed 16.9 percent of the global smartphone market. This is a 27.5 percent increase over the same quarter last year. Despite its double-digit ...

iPhone estimated to have generated $150 billion in revenue globally

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 27th, 2012)

Apple's iPhone launched five years ago this week and to say it has been successful is an understatement. Based on a Strategy Analytics report cited by AppleInsider, Apple has shipped 250 million iPhones cumulatively worldwide and has generated US$150 billion in revenue from these ...

iPad online shipping times drop to one week

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 20th, 2012)

Apple's inventory of the new iPad is holding up well, especially in the US. Unlike the iPad 2 which faced shortages when it launched, the new iPad is readily available. Most US retail stores have at least one model of the iPad in stock and the online store is steadily improving shipment times. ...

Gartner: Apple takes third place in US PC shipments for Q1 2012

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 12th, 2012)

Gartner released its quarterly shipment estimates for the PC market in Q1 2012. The results show that Apple is in third place with a 10.6 percent market share. The Cupertino company trails HP and Dell which has a 29 percent and 22.3 percent market share, respectively. Gartner calculates that ...

iOS still holds edge in worldwide tablet shipments, despite Kindle Fire launch

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 14th, 2012)

The tablet market heated up in the last quarter of 2011 when Amazon went head-to-head against Apple with its Kindle Fire. Many expected the Fire to make a dent in the sales of the Apple iPad and the latest IDC numbers suggest their expectations were correct. Though overall iPad shipments ...

iPhone is top-selling cellphone in Japan

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 9th, 2012)

A report in the Mainichi Daily News suggests the iPhone 4S is the top-selling mobile phone in Japan. The iPhone 4S is reportedly beating out handsets from local favorites like Fujitsu-Toshiba, Sharp and Panasonic. According to IDC Japan estimates, the iPhone grabbed 26.6 percent of all mobile ...

Next-gen iPads squeezing air freight shipments from China

by Steven Sande (Mar 5th, 2012)

Rumors have been going around for the past two weeks noting that the next generation iPads are on their way to the U.S. from Chinese plants under strict security. Now Mac Rumors is reporting that shipping representatives for other firms are finding that they can't ship their products, as air ...

MacBook Air now makes up 28 percent of Apple's notebook shipments

by Chris Rawson (Nov 15th, 2011)

Thanks to some NPD figures brought to light by Morgan Stanley (via AppleInsider), it's now clear how much of an impact the MacBook Air's mid-2011 update had on Apple's diminutive notebook. Though Apple's thinnest laptop accounted for a mere eight percent of overall notebook shipments in May, just ...

Foxconn will reportedly ship 20M iPads this quarter

by Michael Grothaus (Sep 1st, 2011)

DigiTimes is reporting that Foxconn is set to ship a reported 20 million iPads to Apple this quarter, which ends September 30th. If the report pans out, it would represent 60% sequential growth in shipments. When Apple first unveiled the iPad 2, shipping times quickly rose to as high as 4-5 ...

Samsung withholds mobile phone sales data due to Apple legal battle

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 29th, 2011)

Samsung reported its quarterly earnings today and, for the first time, the Korean manufacturer did not report its mobile phone sales. Samsung withheld this information because the company has a new information policy that discloses less information about its mobile phones and ...

Apple passes Nokia on its way to the top of the smartphone market

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 21st, 2011)

Nokia is on a downward slide. The Finnish handset maker announced its quarterly earnings today and confirmed it shipped 16.7 million smartphones in the most recent quarter. This drop now puts Nokia in third place behind Apple and Samsung. Apple has risen to the top of the smartphone market ...